The mayor of Cleveland has been charged with harassment following a disagreement with a trustee at a village board meeting.

Norm B. Youmans, 76, was charged earlier this week with second-degree harassment, a violation, according to state police records.

He is due to appear in Constantia Town Court Monday, though the case will likely be transferred to a different court. Both town justices have recused themselves from handling the case; Oswego County Court Judge Walter W. Hafner, Jr. will reassign the case to another jurisdiction.

The complaint was filed by trustee John Hinds, who told state police that Youmans “placed a hand on (his) chest and pushed him out of a room.”

Youmans called the incident at the Dec. 11 village board meeting “a minor thing.”

“I was having a meeting, and I held him out of the room,” Youmans said. “That was all there was to it.

“No one was hurt, no one was injured,” he continued. “It wasn’t a physical scuffle or something.”

Youmans, who has been mayor for two years, said disagreement concerned an “in-house matter.”

“We had a civil conversation at the meeting, and we are still doing business together,” he said. “He’s trying to make a big deal out of it.”

The charge carries a maximum sentence of 15 days in jail, according to the district attorney’s office.